Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 December 2022
170. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Social Protection the further supports that are available for a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of disability allowance and who is living with a partner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62575/22]
View answerThe person concerned is in receipt of Invalidity Pension at the maximum weekly personal rate and has a travel pass. He is also in receipt of the Household Benefits Package which includes electricity allowance and free television licence. Fuel Allowance is in payment in the household.
From the information available to the department, the partner of the person concerned is in receipt of a payment in their own right and therefore an increase for a qualified adult is not payable in this case.
The person concerned received the Cost of Living double payment on 20 October 2022, the lump-sum Disability Support Grant of €500 on 17 November 2022 and the Christmas Bonus double payment on 8 December 2022. The person concerned is receiving his full entitlements from my department.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
